During the 2004 and 2006 federal election campaigns the Liberal Party war room kept itself busy promoting the idea that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have a “hidden agenda” that would see Canadians hurled back into the dark ages, with women at home, barefoot and pregnant, same-sex couples back in the closet, and soldiers in our streets. Of course none of this has come to pass and the Liberal Party fear-mongering has been exposed as exactly what it was – a desperate attempt to cling to power by a party whose “best before date” had long passed.
So here we are, approaching 2009, and Canadians have had a good look at Stephen Harper as Prime Minister. We’re in the midst of another federal election – an opportunity for all the parties to explain to Canadians why they should be given an opportunity to govern this country. An opportunity for the Liberal Party to explain their “Green Shift” platform, that they claim has not been “understood”. But instead, the Liberals have chosen to reach deep into their war room cupboard and resurrect an item that dates back to 2003 – an item that Warren Kinsella has described as a “Huge win – biggest war room score of the campaign so far“.
Given the current challenges we face on economic issues, international affairs, health care, the environment, public safety, and so many other concerns shared by all Canadians, you would think the Liberal Party could do a bit better than this – or maybe not.
